Welcome to Sparta High School

Virtual Tour 

Mr. Cecil Beavers

Interim Principal

Mr. Fitzgerald

The 2018-2019 school year will be Mr. Fitzgerald’s fourth year as the Assistant Principal of Sparta High School.  Prior to becoming the assistant principal, he served as Director of Guidance for four years and a school counselor and coach for five years at Sparta High School.  Before coming to Sparta, Mr. Fitzgerald spent ten years teaching and coaching in Passaic County.  He holds a Bachelor degree from East Stroudsburg University, Masters in Counseling at William Paterson University and second Masters in Educational Leadership at New Jersey City University.  Mr. Fitzgerald loves coming to work everyday and looks forward to working with students and staff in order to make Sparta High School the best school around!

Mr. Lauricella

Mr. Lauricella was appointed as Assistant Principal of Sparta High School in December.  Prior to becoming Assistant Principal, he served as the K-12 Supervisor of Social Studies, World Languages, and ESL in the district for two years.  Prior to arriving in 2016, Mr. Lauricella taught history at Passaic High School and social studies at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood. In addition, Mr. Lauricella works as an Education Specialist for Eduscape Learning where he trains teachers in various digital platforms and instructional methods/strategies. Mr. Lauricella received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History Education from Montclair State University, a Master of Science degree in Educational Technology from Ramapo College of New Jersey, and a Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership from Ramapo College of New Jersey. Mr. Lauricella is currently a doctoral student through Rowan University.  Mr. Lauricella is excited to be working more directly with students in the Assistant Principal’s role and is intent on collaborating with all of the stakeholders of the Sparta learning community to make Sparta High School one of the best high schools in the nation.